UAE poised to come off financial crime ‘grey list’

The United Arab Emirates is poised to be removed from the global financial crime watchdog’s “grey list” after making progress on compliance measures to combat money laundering while Panama has gone one step further and been dropped from the index.

Record number of breeding ospreys recorded in Abu Dhabi

The largest recorded number of ospreys in the Arabian Gulf region are breeding in Abu Dhabi, a study by the emirate’s environment agency has found. Researchers recorded 127 pairs of the fish-eating birds of prey at more than 40 coastal and island locations in the emirate,